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办事

bàn shì

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 辦事

办事 (bàn shì) means "to handle (affairs); to work". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 办事 means

1. to handle (affairs)
2. to work

The characters in 办事

• 办bànto take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event)…
• 事shìmatter; thing; item

Example sentences

• Tom出去办事了。
  T om chūqù bànshì le.
  Tom is out on an errand.
• 他严格按照原则办事。
  Tā yángé ànzhào yuánzé bànshì.
  He is a stickler for principles.
• 他在福利办事处上班。
  Tā zài fúlì bànshìchù shàngbān.
  He works at the welfare office.
• 我想知道最近的美国运通办事处的电话号码。
  Wǒ xiǎng zhīdào zuì jìn de Měiguó Yùntōng bànshìchù de diànhuà hàomǎ.
  I'd like to know the phone number of the nearest American Express office.

Words starting with 办事

• 办事处bàn shì chùoffice; agency; bureau

Words containing 办事

• 街道办事处jiē dào bàn shì chù(mainland) subdistrict office (basic-level urban administrative unit)
• 待办事项列表dài bàn shì xiàng liè biǎoto-do list
• 联合国难民事务高级专员办事处Lián hé guó Nán mín Shì wù Gāo jí Zhuān yuán Bàn shì chùOffice of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
• 嘴上没毛，办事不牢zuǐ shàng méi máo , bàn shì bù láoa youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon (proverb)
• 嘴上无毛，办事不牢zuǐ shàng wú máo , bàn shì bù láosee 嘴上沒毛，嘴上没毛，办事不牢

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bàn shì correctly.
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